# Annual precipitation in Steele County

Annual precipitation in Steele County was 20.77 inches in 2025. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

- Indicator id: `precipitation_annual`
- Place id: `us-county-38091`
- Unit: inches
- Definition: Total precipitation from January to December, in inches: rain plus the water content of snow and other frozen precipitation. NOAA computes it from its climate divisional dataset (nClimDiv): station readings interpolated onto a 5 km grid and averaged over the area.
- Note: Values are area averages, not the reading at one weather station. NOAA revises the last two years every month.
- Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/noaa-ncei
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US government work); NCEI asks users to cite the nClimDiv dataset
- Citation: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Climate at a Glance. NOAA Climate at a Glance, January to December precipitation, counties. From the NOAA Monthly U.S. Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), doi:10.7289/V5M32STR. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/county/mapping. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/annual-precipitation/steele-county-north-dakota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=precipitation_annual&place=us-county-38091

| Period | inches |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 20.77 |
| 2024 | 22.99 |
| 2023 | 17.28 |
| 2022 | 23.21 |
| 2021 | 17.17 |
| 2020 | 16.42 |
| 2019 | 30.21 |
| 2018 | 19.99 |
| 2017 | 16.97 |
| 2016 | 26.39 |
| 2015 | 19.8 |
| 2014 | 19.76 |
| 2013 | 22.02 |
| 2012 | 15.5 |
| 2011 | 25.12 |
| 2010 | 25.48 |
| 2009 | 19.22 |
| 2008 | 23.38 |
| 2007 | 22.81 |
| 2006 | 16.38 |
| 2005 | 22.85 |
| 2004 | 24.81 |
| 2003 | 21.19 |
| 2002 | 20.93 |
| 2001 | 19.23 |
| 2000 | 25.47 |
| 1999 | 20.85 |
| 1998 | 23.02 |
| 1997 | 19.28 |
| 1996 | 20.38 |
| 1995 | 22.43 |
| 1994 | 26.92 |
| 1993 | 24.62 |
| 1992 | 19.61 |
| 1991 | 22.2 |
| 1990 | 18.21 |
| 1989 | 14.91 |
| 1988 | 15.14 |
| 1987 | 21.8 |
| 1986 | 24.06 |
| 1985 | 19.49 |
| 1984 | 16.28 |
| 1983 | 20.9 |
| 1982 | 21.95 |
| 1981 | 21.42 |
| 1980 | 16.54 |
| 1979 | 18.24 |
| 1978 | 16.31 |
| 1977 | 27.5 |
| 1976 | 11.39 |
| 1975 | 18.43 |
| 1974 | 20.23 |
| 1973 | 19.93 |
| 1972 | 19.07 |
| 1971 | 23.44 |
| 1970 | 20.12 |
| 1969 | 19.97 |
| 1968 | 22.83 |
| 1967 | 15.14 |
| 1966 | 20.81 |
| 1965 | 26.18 |
| 1964 | 22.63 |
| 1963 | 13.59 |
| 1962 | 21.55 |
| 1961 | 18.04 |
| 1960 | 18.38 |
| 1959 | 16.64 |
| 1958 | 15.28 |
| 1957 | 23.67 |
| 1956 | 18.51 |
| 1955 | 16.84 |
| 1954 | 15.74 |
| 1953 | 19.47 |
| 1952 | 15.63 |
| 1951 | 15.13 |
| 1950 | 21.76 |